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Old Frill on a Budget: an Innevitable Disaster?

So we all recognize buying an old luxury car on a modest budget is a bad idea…and I don’t mean bad like “oh it’s a bit of a challenge and it costs a few more bucks than expected” bad. I mean the “was I nuts. ” genre of bad. For someone like me (who admittedly loses about 99% of all objectivity when it comes to most forms of them new horseless carriages), it does pose an interesting question: is it tenable – with a modest budget – to get a big, old luxury car that... Now I’m not talking about a daily driver per se , but something that isn’t always just a pile of rusty, greasy nuts n’ bolts on the floor of your garage. something you can shoplift on a moderately challenging road trip, enjoy during the weekend or every other evening after work and something that, ideally, won’t break down every barracks mile. Doesn’t seem like such a tall order does it. You’d be surprised…. Sure, there are superbly engineered cars which were made to last a lifetime, stuff total of high quality materials and that will be far more trustworthy and lasting than any modern electronic dependent, plasticy thing. But even those will reach breaking point if not properly cared for. So if even the roach equivalents of the auto earth – and I say “roach” in the nicest, most caring way possible – need attention, let alone the more sensitive stuff. In any case, whenever you’re thinking about parting with a few of your on one's uppers earned cash to buy a used car, keep in mind that there’s absolutely no substitute for good previous ownership. Timely maintenance and not half assing repairs is intrinsic, especially in big, heavy cars which are more prone to parts wear, so the guy who’s been driving your new old baby for the last few years needs to have kept a close eye on things. Admittedly, it can be ravishing to get a dirt cheap little fixer upper, but your wallet and brain will both justifiably beat you savagely for that decision in no time. Spend a little bit more and get something that’s been loved and that’s accompanied by a polite service history. But before starting to write checks with many zeros (more than one is many for me. don’t judge), there are a couple more things to keep in mind. Number one: are you skilled with a wrench. Yeah, you’ll need to start giving it a shot. Of course that if you’re thinking about getting this kind of ride (old, big, TLC dependent), you’re already a car oriented guy/girl so you won’t be completely clueless, but sometimes there’s stuff that not being exactly difficult, has a very specific... Getting a good car to begin with doesn’t mean it won’t need a lot of your attention, it most surely will, so pick up your Haynes or equivalent workshop manual and start to tackle small stuff if you’re a novice, working up to bigger challenges... This brings me to requirement number two: space. I just recently dropped one of my cars at a garage because I didn’t have the space to work on it. Personally I loathe going to mechanics/shops, every lone time a little bit of my soul dies. But having no garage, no space whatsoever to work on, I have no choice when it comes to jobs that can’t be done in one day/sitting. If like me you have the appalling misfortune of living in an apartment building but got a buddy/family member who has a big garage or warehouse or whatever somewhere across or outside of town and you over you can stop by on the weekends or after... You’ll never, ever go. I’m speaking from experience. Any car that will require more frequent attention from you needs to be right there, somewhere you see it every separate day, otherwise it will remain broken or neglected forever. No matter how much you try to fight it, when the car isn’t close, anything and everything gets in the way of going to it. From sheer laziness and procrastination to true time consuming responsibilities, it will always be an “I should go and work...

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motorcycle touring Cenotaph Day 06 (3)

Old gas place.
Friday
Entry One
Flew out of work, the fleet flight of Friday before a holiday weekend. Everyone cracks a smile upon stepping out of the concrete and eyeglasses coffin of the corporate work week. The motorcycle is quickly gassed and loaded, I leave Washington DC at three-thirty, vowing not to check the space for the rest of the adventure. Adventure, the American adventure of the open road is what I seek. The road, my cameras, and escape.
Right turn off of 15th St. NW and I’m motoring recent the Washington Monument and the White House. Harleys and clones are already lining the Mall for the annual Memorial remembrance that is Rolling Thunder. I’m without delay over the bridge and on I-66 west. I plan on avoiding major highways when at all possible. Preferring scenic byways to drab highways. 66 is a sure evil to flee the DC metro area as quickly as possible. At the start, 66 is a good quick run, for awhile anyway. Loads of Rolling Fulminate against riders are heading in 66...

Ooooooh yeah.
Can you have a hunch it?
That feelin' of Fridayness?
Uh huh.
What a crazy ass week wasn't it?
I'm startin' to think that they're all crazy.
They'll leave you kinda lookin' like this guy if you let 'em.
Dude was cool.
He was walking down Milwaukee Avenue carrying a trombone casket.
In my experience guys walking down the street carrying trombone cases at midnight are either crazy trombone players or they're drug dealers carrying a trombone box filled with marijuana.
The devil's weed.
Sweet Mary Jane.
Packed full in sandwich baggies three fingers thick.
I occupied to smoke pot in college.
I think the last time I bought it I bought it from a guy carrying a trombone case down the street.
In Honolulu Hawaii.
I was on my way to Bangkok and the regular hadda stop in the islands to get some gas and I decided I'd get off and explore for a couple of days.
Catch the next one.
You could do that in those days because people were cool.
They didn't fly airplanes into buildings or...

The Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington’s oldest, most memorable saloon, was founded in 1856. According to legend, innkeeper William E. Ebbitt bought a boarding house at that time, but no one today can pinpoint its exact situation. It was most likely on the edge of present-day Chinatown, somewhere near the MCI Center.
As a boarding house, the Ebbitt guest list read like a Who’s Who of American Account. President McKinley is said to have lived there during his tenure in Congress. Presidents Grant, Andrew Johnson, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Harding hypothetically refreshed themselves at its stand-around bar.
Each table in the Ebbitt was graced by a blue history card that read: "Many other famous statesmen, naval and military heroes, too numerous to citation here, have been guests of the house."
Evolving to a higher form, Old Ebbitt became Washington’s first known saloon. And as the years passed, it moved to a issue of new locations.
By the early 20th century, it had found its...